Cold War Timeline by BHAVIN UNNITHAN

1949 - Creation of NATO

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This was military alliance that composed of the United States, and other western European countries. The purpose of this was to form a stronger resistance against Soviet threats. Some of the countries in NATO included Belgium

Canada
Denmark
France
Iceland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
United Kingdom
United States

1950-1953 The Korean War

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With Soviet communism spreading, North Korea and South Korea had rising tensions and disagreements. Additionally with US and Chinese support, created more rivalry. Eventually, the war ended and a communist North Korea was formed with a more capitalistic South Korea.

1979-1989 Soviet-Afghan Conflict

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The Soviets liked the introduction of a Marxist party in Afghanistan, but another radical Islamic party was oppressing them. The Soviets feared they would lose another communist nation, so they launched attacks on the Islamic Radicals. The US once again intervened and communism became erased from Afghanistan, forcing the Soviets to retreat.

1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis

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Around the early 1960s, Cuba was becoming a communist regime under the leadership of Fidel Castro. The US feared an American communist state, and created hostile conditions in the area. Nikita Khrushchev, a new Soviet leader sent nuclear missiles to Cuba, to warn the US. Eventually Kennedy and Khrushchev made a compromise and communism continued in Cuba

1950s-70s - Egyptian Building of the Aswan Dam

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Many countries had a hard time choosing if they wanted to support the US or the Soviets. One of these were Egypt. After the US rejected Egypt's proposal of building a dam, the Soviet Union accepted, and in return developed a close relationship with the Soviets. But this only lasted for a short period of time, because Egypt disagreed with the Soviet military aid. Eventually they sided with the US.

1950s-1980s - Rejection of Communism in Europe

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Countries like Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Poland began to see the horrors of communism after the death of Stalin and started protests. Other areas like Yugoslavia preferred to stray away from the Soviet Union. This caused the Soviets to attack some of their allies and it further tarnished the image of Soviet communism.

1955 - Warsaw Pact

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The Soviet Union and other Eastern European communist countries created a pact. This union prevented the influence of NATO and the US in Europe. Because of this significant event, the Iron Curtain was created and tensions between Eastern and Western Europe were high.

Albania
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Soviet Union

1960 - China vs The Soviets

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Two of the communist giants, China and the Soviet Union realized they had multiple differences ideologies. They began to have a small rivalry for leadership of all communist countries, with territorial disputes being common. The Soviets pulled all their architects who were helping the Chinese construct a prototype of an atomic bomb.

1955 - 1975 - The Vietnam War

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Similar to the Vietnam War, communist and capitalists were clashing. The US, South Korea, South Vietnam, and many other NATO countries opposed Soviet Union, China, North Vietnam, and North Korea. Eventually, the Vietnamese bested the Americans and communism continued in Vietnam.

1970s - Global Communism Still Thrives After Breaking of Europe.

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Communism still thrived. Countries like China were becoming global powers once again. The Communist Cuban government inspired revolutionary movements in Africa and Latin America, with their admirable health care and education. Communism spread more to Africa as well.